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1) Panic
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English
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Documentary filmmaker Evan Casher's life comes crashing down when his mother is brutally murdered and he narrowly escapes an attempt on his own life, only to learn from the enigmatic mercenary who saved him that Evan's entire life has been little more than a carefully constructed lie.
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English
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A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl, Mary Kubica
Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes...
4) Swamplandia!
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
6) Torch
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Claire Woods has always admired her mother Teresa's determination, strength, and compassion, and is devastated by Teresa's sudden death, as is Claire's brother Joshua, and as the two struggle to deal with their own grief, they must find a way to keep their mother's memory alive.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Sheriff's investigator Dave Robicheaux, having grown up with the lingering sadness of his mother's disappearance when he was a boy, is stunned into action when a New Orleans lowlife tells him his mother was murdered thirty years earlier by two cops who are still on the job.
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English
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Margaret Maron is The New York Times best-selling author of the acclaimed Deborah Knott series of southern mysteries, including the novels Uncommon Clay and Slow Dollar. She has won the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. In a rare departure from the Knott series, Maron ratchets up the suspense in the dark and captivating stand-alone mystery, Last Lessons of Summer. Amy Stedman is the young heiress of a prosperous children's...
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English
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What if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Charley Benetto chose to live with his father when his parents divorced. He returns to his hometown decades later when his life is falling apart and finds his mother, who died eight years earlier still living there.
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English
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Two weeks before Christmas, Dr. Diana Duprey is found floating face-up in a small lap pool in her back yard. A medical doctor with an abortion practice, and a national figure who inspired passion and ignited tempers, she had been the target of violent threats by right-to-life activists. Her husband, Frank Thomson, a lawyer in the district attorney's office, fought bitterly with her on the morning of her murder. To reveal the nature of their argument...
12) The usual rules
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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"One of the most innovative authors and distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf examines family dynamics and the tensions between men and women in her 1927 novel To the Lighthouse. A pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device, Woolf explores multiple perspectives of the members of the Ramsay family as they navigate experiences of disappointment and loss. Divided into three sections, the story...
15) Eve Green
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Eve Green, pregnant with her first child, looks back on the year her mother committed suicide and she was sent to live with her grandparents in Wales, and recalls her involvement in trying to unravel the mystery of her parents, and her attempts to shelter a friend suspected in the disappearance of a local girl.
16) The tiny one
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Language
English
Description
A little girl recounts the day her mother died in a car crash for fear she will lose her if she forgets. The girl is Via, 8, youngest of four children in a family from Maine. A child's point of view on death.
17) Tasting fear
Author
Publisher
Brava
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When their adored foster mother is murdered, the D'Onofrio women come together to hunt for her murderer--and track down a family legacy gone missing: rare, priceless art from the Renaissance, a treasure worth killing for. The law can only do so much and the three sisters are on their own--until three mysterious men get involved.--From publisher's description.
18) In her shoes
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Language
English
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In Her Shoes observes two sisters, Rose and Maggie, the brain and the beauty, as they make journeys of discovery. Along the way, they borrow each other’s clothes, boyfriends, and make peace with their most intimate enemies-each other.
19) Housekeeping
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English
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Ruth and her sister Lucille are cared for by Sylvie, the transient sister of their dead mother. They attempt to keep house as the forces of nature erode their stronghold.
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English
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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
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